Elson Verandah with Firecrackers

Title: Elson Verandah with Firecrackers
Caption: Firecrackers at Endicott home when leaving for Canada
Identifier: AEJ_138
Description: The Elson verandah with a group of unidentified missionary women and a Chinese soldier with his back turned. Long sticks with firecrackers lean up against the porch awaiting the moment to launch the send off salute.
Creator: Alfred Johns
Date Created: 1910
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan; Chengtu, Szechwan (30.658799593305872, 104.06988893551647)
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/1815286/chengdu.html
Relation: Elson's Farewell Firecrackers
Source: Ken Johns
Provenance: Johns Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-11-15
Contributor: Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
abstract: The Johns arrived in Chengdu in early 1911, but Endicott left there in 1910. Elson left Chengdu in June 1911, so would have overlapped with the Johns.

Fireworks was a Chinese ritual greeting and farewell tribute to those they deemed important people, which frequently included missionaries. Given the size of their house it is not surprising Chinese would have that impression.

Media: AEJ_138 1911 Firecrackers @ Endicott home when leaving for Canada.jpg

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